Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-03
the Boston and Albany Road from
SDriue field TO Boston

'h' O'NtOu dnu htUduS hOou 11O !"
Springfield TO Boston.
Charles p. Clark, the president of the
New Haven Road, was president OF the
New England. At the last election he
was turned out of office. He was, while
president Of the New England, also vice
president, snd in fact, genorsl manager of
| the New Hsven. On account Of MS caps
city in tle latter rogd he was enabled to
grant the New England iavors in the way
OF letting its trains into NV York and
also sending traffic ever its line that
could have been kept off it.
When Mr., CLARK was suddenly ousted
from office, he naturally ceased al his
eXertiOns in behalf of the New England,
and the roads earnings, on account OF
| loss Of tTsfiic, nave decreased until they
snow deficiency in meeting the charges.
AS TIE capitalists now in control OF the
road cSn hope for no fsvoTs from the New
Haven ROAD they gre going to build from
DanbuTy To connection with the Sub
urban Rapid Transit road, which will
! permit their trains to cross the Harlem
River by the Second avenue bridge and
come down town by The Second avenue
elevated, which is q powerful structure,
capable of supporting heavy freight trains.
|
be at Twenty-third street. The Second
avenue turns and runs through Twenty
third street for block and then continues
! through First avenue to the lower part of
I the city. The road may be changed and
run disgonally through private property
across the block between Twenty-third
snd Twenty-second streets SO as to allow
the trains to run to Grsnd and Canal
streets and Chatham square.
Russell Sage, who next to Jay Gould is
the principal owner OF Msnhattan Ele-
waited Railroad stock, is a large owner CT
New England Railroad stock Oae cause
Of the breach between Cyrus ~ Field and
! Mr.. Sage was the formers persistent at
tack year ago on New England stock,
which resulted in depressing the price.
| Mr.. Gould is reported to be large pos
seas0r Of New England stock. 1t stands
| IN the name OF other persons, 50 that his
connection with il is Dol revealed
Perhaps who have inside information
5sv that the New England will be per
m3nentIy attached to the elevated sys-
TEN. The business between New York
and Boston is very profitable. Tbs coun-
try is thickiy populated, and both the
| freight and passenger traffic is heavy as !.
| consequence. The New England when
| the extension from Denbury is completed,
will be considerably the shortest line TO
Boston. Freight trains can be started
from New York at night and the goods
delivered in Boston the next morning
Passenger trains can make the run inside
of five hours.
William II. Vanderbilt once had some
difficulty with the New Haven road and
started out q corps of surveyors 10 lay
out sn opposition line He was SO much
in earnest about it that the New Haven
management came to terms, snd he
abandoned his project.
The line to connect the New England
with the Suburban road is not s big IN
dertakiug. It can be finished in g few
months. The Suburban rOaG is pro-
crossing to meet it, and is being built 10
stand the heaviest strsin.
The bridge which is being built across
the Hudson river st Poughkeepsie will
give the New EGgland access to the coal
fields Of Pennsylvania. Coal that goes
over the New Haven road has to he taken
by boat to the Port Chester orGpch on the
Harlem river snd here loaded into cars.
Coal can go from the mines across the
PoushkeeDsie bridge and over the New
England road to points in the eastern
states without breaking bulk. The New
Haven read has bought up al the small
roads tributary to its own line 20 keep
them out of tee New EnglanG's hands
ard the latter will have 10 build 10 sny
DoIut it wants to reach New York